Online Books

These books do not have any sound but could be presented to the class on a Smart Board and read aloud by the teacher, or the teacher could use the books on other technological devices and have the students partner read to one another.

There are 12 videos in this category and 4 videos in 1 subcategory.

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Encourage students to play this Super WHY! game, Storybook Creator, to practice reading and writing and discover that they have the power to change the story! Students first pick a story that they would like to work with and then have the opportunity... to change the story as they go along to make it their own![more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, the magic dogs that protect Salvadorean villagers are pursued by wicked soldiers. But with the help of two ancient volcanoes, they triumph.Bilingual in English and Spanish. Author...—Manlio Argueta. Illustrator—Elly Simmons.[more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a sad and lonely little girl dreams of seeing her mother again as she watches the clouds in the sky. She finds friends in the birds who talk to her. She discovers that creatures l...ive in the clouds, and finally one of the birds help her return to her mother.Author and Illustrator—Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. Translator—Ludwig Bauer. Also available to read in Croatian, German, Italian, Romanian, Spanish.[more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a young American Indian describes the natural surroundings and activities of the S'Klallam, or Clallam, people through the seasons of the year. The book includes a glossary of S'K...lallam words.Author—Ron Hirschi. Illustrator—Constance R. Bergum.[more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, Monty the raccoon lies, breaking the trust his friend, Fritz the rabbit, had in him.Also available to read in Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Author and Ill...ustrator—Hans Wilhelm[more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a young Vietnamese girl maintains her own cultural identity while struggling to adjust to America.Bilingual in English and Khmer. Author—Trần Khánh Tuyềt. Illustrator—Nancy Hom.

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, two groups of cats, the blonde cats and the black cats, live on different sides of the river. They agree that a black cat will lead all the cats half the year, and a blond cat the... other half of the year, but fights still break out between the two groups. Suddenly a gray cat is born, he is wise, and all the cats like him. They decide to make him the leader all year long. The situation is calm for a while and then fights break out. The gray cat orders all cats to take off their ears and give them to him. When the cats are given back their ears, the black cats are given the blond cats' ears, and vice versa. Suddenly each group hears voices they never heard before, the voices of the other group. They needed to exchange ears to be able to hear each other.Author—Khaled Jumm'a; Illustrator—Foutinie Dedwase. Also available to read in Arabic.[more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, Finbo the whale is sad when he finds he cannot play hide and seek with his friends because he is too big to hide. His mother tells him not to be ashamed of his differences. Finbo ...and his friends soon learn to appreciate Finbo's size when they get into danger and Finbo saves the day.Also available to read in Arabic, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. Author and Illustrator—Janaki Sooriyarachchi.[more]

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a lonely cat lives in a car with a kitchen on the dashboard. He delights in his work cleaning the highways. When he helps someone with car trouble in a traffic jam he makes a new ...friend. They then enjoy creative music together with a car horn. Author and Illustrator—Thacher Hurd.[more]

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